Geography
Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Fun Fact!
100
The river that the Ancient Egyptian Civilization was built next to.
What is the Nile River? 
100
The nile river does this each year.
What is floods?
100
What is the name of the largest of these buildings? 
What is the Great Pyramid?
100
What was the largest city in Mesopotamia?
What is Babylon
100
What do Egyptians believe happens after they die?
What is the Afterlife?
200
The type of habitat of Egypt and Mesopotamia?
What is the desert? 
200
A scientist who studies human history by examining tools, buildings and bones.
What is an archeologist?
200
The sphinx has the head of a man and the body of a _____.
What is a lion. 
200
What is a ziggurat?
200
Sobek was a god who had the head of a ________.
What is a crocodile. 
300
Name the 2 rivers that Babylon was built in between.
What are t
he Tigres & Euphrates Rivers.
300
A waterway dug by humans to bring water to crops.
What is a canal?
300
Why was Howard Carter worried that King Tut's tomb might be empty?
What are Tomb robbers.
300
What was the name of the king who created 242 laws?
Who is King Hammurabi.
300
What flower was Amon-Ra born in?
What is a lotus? 
400
What crops where grown in Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia?
What are Wheat, Barley, Onions and more!
400
A special belief, custom or activity that is done the same each year and passed down from generations.
What is tradition?
400
What did Pharaoh Djoser dream about?
Building a special place to put his belongings so the gods can help bring them to the after life.
400
What did the ancient Mesopotamian scribes write on?
What is a stone tablet? 
400
What is the name of the stone coffin that pharaohs were built in?
What is a sarcophagus? 
500
What are the sides of a river called? 
What are Banks
500
A system of beliefs about how the world was made and why humans are here.
What is religion? 
What is religion?
500
Which pharaoh built the largest pyramid?
Who is Khufu.
500
Only kings and ______ were allowed in the temple at the top of the ziggurat.
Who are priests.
500
What do we call people whose job it was to give advice?
What are counselors?